Body belt



Filed Oct. 4, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l W. X. YORK ET AL BODY BELT May 18 1926.

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'mail WELLIAM X.' YORK AN@ lfINl-UE IB.r YORK, 0F CLINTGN, ENDXANA.

BODY BELT.

Application filed ctober 4, 1922. Serial No. 592,260.

This invention relates to body belts and is designed more especially by miners and others who,

as a belt tor wear by reason of the ly exercise the muscles ofthe back.

@ne ot the primary objects oit the tion is to provide a belt which w l inventhe muscles ot the back and to a great extent relieve ther-a oit the strains incident to hard manual labor and particularly where the wearer is required to 'frequently stoop and litt heayyobjects.

Another object of the invention i construct the belt that the saine wi greater or less extent in a manner to prevent the wearer cold it exposed to a draft.

Another object ot the invention is sto so ll to e absorb perspiration and catching to provide means tor closing the belt about the body and n as to be readily se )arable therefrom mit of laundering ot the belt.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a oersaective View D l l tne iront or the beit applied;

F'. 2 is a similar View lookin@- 1 n 1 o back of the beit;

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through the back ot the belt illustrat looking attached thereto in such manner to per at the 3 is a detail vertical sectional View ing the arrangement ot the plies comprising the web ot the belt;

Fig. e is a perspective View of the belt removed Fig. 5

taken on a one of the attaching buttons.

is a detail vertical sectional View line passing diametrically through The belt comprises a body or web which is indicated in general by the numeral 1, and

the said web is preferably somewhat at the back than at the front, the upp higher er edge of the web, indicated by the numeral 2, being substantially oit right line extent,

and the lower edge, indicated by the numeral 3, being curved upwardly trom a point substantially midway between the ends ot the web,

the upward curve being more pronounced at the ends of the back portion ot the belt, as indicated by the numeral il. From this of the web is point the lower edge edge, and this parallel to the upper nearly formation provides front portions 5 and 6 which are ot less height than the back portion ot the web, which said back portion is in by the numeral 7,

dicated S being located at the iniierside ot the belt, or in' other words the side which is arrangei'l next to the body ot the wearer, and the ply 11 being the ply which lis disposed outermost when the belt is applied. The ies 9 are arranged next to the ply 8, and 'Alle ply 10 is arranged between the pliesv 9 :nd the ply 11. ln manufacturing the belt :he severa-l pli-es are cut to the required inarginal contour and dimensions and are disposed tace to 'tace and bound along their margins by a binding strip 12, which preferably extends continuously along the said margins. rlhc plies are further united by quilting stitches 13 and it will be understood that by quiltingW the web ot the belt, wrinkling or other distortion or" the plies is prevented and the web is maintained in a substantially smooth form under all` conditions ot use.

As illustrated in Figs'. 1 and 2 ot the drawings, the belt. is to be applied about the trunk with the ends 5 and 6 arranged in overlapped relation, and in order that the belt may be snugly drawn and held in place, a relatively sho-rt strap 14 is secured to the tlap 6 preferably by means of a detachable Y button of the type ordinarily known as bachelors buttons, and indicated by the numeral 15, and this strap is looped about the Cross bai ot an ordinary buckle indicated by the numeral 1. A longer strap 17 is separably connected preferably by means ot separable but-tons 18, to the flap 5 ot' the beltand is provided with the usual series et' openings 19 adapting it for adjustable engagement with the buckle 16. `While the buttons and 18 are ol an ordinary c0nsruction, it is deemed advisable to brielly describe the saine in order that the purpose ol employing such but-tons may be readily understood. reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings it will be observed that each button comprises a back 20 having aheaded stud 21 projecting therefrom and pointed at its'head end, as at 22, to adapt itto pierce 8, 10 and 11 y the web of the belt. The stud 2l is insertible in e clamping socket 23 provided in a. head 2l, and in assemblingthe parts the stud 2l is inserted through the Web of the belt with the back 2() contacting the inner side of the web, utter which the stud is inserted through un opening- )5 provided in the respective strap li or ,LT as the case may be, und the 11e-ud 2l of *he button is then forced onto the Stud, thus locking' the two parts ot' the bution together und sepnrably connecting the respective strap with the web 0i the belt. limsninch as the studs l are pointed and adapted to pierce the web ot' t-he belt, the buttons muy be arranged upon the flaps ot' the beltzit any desired points and therefore the web of the beit may be made of a Staindzird eize und the straps readily applied thereto by anyone und secured otpoints adapting the vbelt to lit the purchaser. Inusinueh :is :he button parte muy be readily separated he straps niej.' *e readily detached from the 'web ot 'the belt Whenever it is desired to huurder the latter.

Having thus described the iii\ent'io1i,n'l1nt clzziincd ns nenv is:

A bodj,v belt comprising u llcxible botlr portion formed ot' washable material and having free end portions, straps extending longitudinally ot the end portions of said body und :adapte-1l AVo be ndjustzxhh' vonnech ed one with the. other to tighten the belt :iboiit the weznxr, :ind removable fasteners releaeiibly securing' Suid strnpe to said body.'

und veach ii'icluding :n1 inner section engaging the inner tace ol' the bod f and having :i penetrating prong passed outwzirdl);v

through the bof;Y und strap to be secured, and an outer I`eection engaging the outc 'taco ot the strap and releusubljY connected with the outer end portion ot' sind prong .'fhereby Said fasteners und Straps muy be removed when the bod)7 portion is washed.

In testimony whereof We zif'li; our .eignutures.

VILLIAM X. YORK. 

